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What do students at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001685
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10 N CORONA AVE, CLEARWATER, FL 33765 · (727) 469-5987 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
348 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
67.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
521
-111 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.9:1
% White
20%
was 22%
% Hispanic
63%
was 59%
% Black
10%
was 14%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in CLEARWATER, Florida, operated by PINELLAS. Current enrollment sits at 521 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 151 schools in PINELLAS (87,955 students total), SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 20% White, 10% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Pinellas County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Pinellas County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.7%; actual is 61.8%, +14.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the surrounding community, census data for Pinellas County shows median household earnings sit near $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).
The closest other public school is CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.7%.
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 18%, going from 632 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 59% to 63%. Class-load math has rose: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in CLEARWATER
- CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,543 students
- COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,396 students
- CLEARWATER FUNDAMENTAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 724 students
- DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCEElementary · 722 students
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
Nearby schools
- CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,543
- CLEARWATER FUNDAMENTAL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 736
- PLATO ACADEMY CLEARWATER0.7 mi · 616
- PINELLAS GULF COAST ACADEMY1.1 mi · 202
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 704
- KINGS HIGHWAY ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.6 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-05.
Is SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 20% White, 63% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.